An unforgettable new series from acclaimed author Katie McGarry about taking risks, opening your heart and ending up in a place you never imagined possible Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the way it is: doting parents, good friends, good school in a safe neighborhood. Sure, she’s curious about her biological father–the one who chose life in a motorcycle club, the Reign of Terror, over … Reign of Terror, over being a parent–but that doesn’t mean she wants to be a part of his world. But when a reluctant visit turns into an extended summer vacation among relatives she never knew she had, one thing becomes clear: nothing is what it seems. Not the club, not her secret-keeping father and not Oz, a guy with suck-me-in blue eyes who can help her understand them both.
Oz wants one thing: to join the Reign of Terror. They’re the good guys. They protect people. They’re…family. And while Emily–the gorgeous and sheltered daughter of the club’s most respected member–is in town, he’s gonna prove it to her. So when her father asks him to keep her safe from a rival club with a score to settle, Oz knows it’s his shot at his dream. What he doesn’t count on is that Emily just might turn that dream upside down.
No one wants them to be together. But sometimes the right person is the one you least expect, and the road you fear the most is the one that leads you home.
Look for Katie McGarry’s latest poignant and thrilling title in her Thunder Road series, Walk the Edge.
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I love young adult stories and I also love biker romances, and NOWHERE BUT HERE serves up both in a sexy, page-turning package with good doses of heart, angst, secrets, and lies. So if you like some YA with your MC (or some MC with your YA), this one’s for you.
I’m typically not a huge YA reader. I like my reading a little more on the smutty side if you will and older. But ever since I picked up Pushing The Limits, Katie McGarry has become my favorite YA author. I was excited to see a new series and I am really happy to see there will be other books in this series as well.
I really enjoyed this book. It was a great story line and it kept my interest. All the characters were great and I loved how the MC was one big family. I will say that I’m finally glad all the secrets and lies were exposed. I kept wanting to yell tell her like a zillion times!!! Emily and Oz are a great couple, loved them through out the book. I’m really looking forward to the next book!
A fun read even if it is a young adult novel. McGarry writes a convincing tale of blossoming love between two characters whom everyone is trying to keep apart. Emily is the daughter of one of the leaders of a motorcycle gang, however, she was adopted and raised by a pediatrician who married her mother when she ran away from the motorcycle gang and her family. When Emily is forced to visit her birth father and his parents during the summer, she becomes the target of a rival gang. She is placed under the protection of Oz a young man whose only dream is to join the “Reign of Terror” motorcycle gang. When the two seventeen-year-olds, who are both hotter than hot (of course), find themselves utterly attracted to one another, well as they say “shit-hits-the-fan”.
McGarry doesn’t let you down jampacking lots of dirty secrets, a surprise ending, and an underlying message of reconciliation into this page-turner.
Katie McGarry is a superstar and I’ll read anything she writes! She understands the power of being forged by difficulty, and the undeniable strength found in unconditional love.
Cover: Professional, fitting and non-generic.Editing/Proofing: Non-existent?
Editing/Proofing: Non-existent?
Characters: Complex
Overall: 5 star read, 1 star package. Split the difference and call it 3 stars?
This book is really hard to review… I snagged it on a .99 day because the blurb had me intrigued so it’s a good blurb and it is truly representative of the story. There are brilliantly complicated characters that sucked me in from the first page and there’s an air of mystery that, is one of those that – when some questions get answered, it only prompts more questions. As someone who predicts everything, I enjoyed this. It kept me guessing. And when I thought I had it all figured out, and it all came out, there was a detail I hadn’t seen coming! It’s so rare that an author – or anyone really – can surprise me.
Getting through the story and to this point would have been a glorious, 5-star experience… except for the lack of editing. I like a book to be professionally presented. I feel that unprofessional, unedited books are what gives the indie community a bad name, and I also feel that if an author cannot be bothered to put forth a professional-looking product, maybe I shouldn’t spend my time on it.
Throughout the book, I felt confident that this author had not used an editor. However, one is mentioned and even thanked in the back of the book so I stand corrected. Poor grammar, lack of punctuation and continuity issues are abundant. If her editor wasn’t checking for these things, I’m not sure what she was doing.
Ultimately – I’d give this book 5 stars if it was the fun, fast-paced read it should be… instead, it’s work. When continuity issues arise, I look back to see if I’m the one who missed something. When grammar is poor and punctuation is missing, I have to re-read a lot of it, to figure out what’s trying to be said.
The characters are likely to stay with me and the book has a profound message in between the lines throughout- that is actually uttered by one MC in the end. I’d like to go on in the series but, reading around this low-quality editing is a lot of work so, I’m undecided at the moment. I feel like reading shouldn’t be so much work!
“It’s what people do. Judge…” -Oz.